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  • Forensic Science
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Chemical Engineering

Background:

  • Forensic chemical analysis of fire debris aims to identify ignitable liquid residue (ILR).
  • Pyrolysis products from substrate materials complicate the accurate identification of ILR in fire debris samples.
  • Existing methods face challenges in distinguishing ILR from complex mixtures and substrate interferences.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel method for evaluating complex fire debris samples for the presence and type of ignitable liquid residue.
  • To improve the accuracy of ILR identification by accounting for substrate interferences and complex mixing conditions.
  • To establish a statistical framework for probabilistic statements regarding ILR presence based on analytical results.

Main Methods:

  • Development of class-conditional features for evaluating complex fire debris samples.
  • Utilizing a forensic reference collection to characterize variations in mixtures of substrate materials and ignitable liquids.
  • Application of a novel data imputation method for modeling sample variations under complex mixing conditions.
  • Statistical analysis in a class-conditional feature space using total ion spectrum (TIS) measurements (119 nominal masses) from GC-MS.
  • Classification of ignitable liquids according to the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E1618 standard.

Main Results:

  • The method successfully characterizes variations in complex mixtures, even when substrate features dominate.
  • A distribution model was created for variations between samples with similar ignitable liquid residues.
  • Covariance analysis allowed for differential weighting of features crucial for identifying specific ignitable liquid residues.
  • The method achieved 81% accuracy on an independent test set of 129 real burn samples when a uniform prior was assumed.

Conclusions:

  • The developed method provides a robust approach for the forensic chemical analysis of fire debris, effectively addressing interferences.
  • The use of a forensic reference collection and statistical modeling enhances the reliability of ignitable liquid residue identification.
  • This approach enables probabilistic statements about the likelihood of specific ignitable liquid classes, aiding forensic investigations.